The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the permanent neglect petitions dismissed.
Appellant mother voluntarily placed her two children with the St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services on January 9, 1976. On May 23, 1977 the department filed permanent neglect petitions with Family Court alleging that, notwithstanding the efforts of the county department,
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